Newgate Coolliery Solar Farm & Battery Storage (6 MW)
Newgate Coolliery Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 6 MW solar farm project in Nuneaton and Bedworth, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 10 May 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 10 June 2024. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 May 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 10 June 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Sirius Environmental Limited
- Planning authority
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Planning application reference
- 40290
- Site area
- 15.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Bedworth Lane, Astley Lane, Coolliery Wood
- Council area (by location)
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Name in REPD
- Newgate Coolliery - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 16460
The scheme also includes 5 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedworth Lane, Coolliery Wood Solar Farm & Battery Storage 39547 | — | 5 April 2023 | withdrawn 24 July 2023 |
Who decides
Nuneaton and Bedworth has 8 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vauls Farm, Astley Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Corley Smorral Lane - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays | solar farm | 16.5 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Coventry National Grid Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 3.8 |
| Hollyhurst Farm, Mile Tree Lane | solar farm | 25.6 | application submitted | 3.8 |
| Coventry National Grid Substation, Hawkesbury Hall | battery storage | 98 | application submitted | 3.9 |
| Tolldish Hall Farm, Parrotts Grove | solar farm | 25 | under construction | 4.2 |
| Park Lane, Astley Solar PV Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Lentons Lane | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (52.4774, -1.5055).